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（一）

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I ___1___ it over. There， in faded ink， was a hand-scrawled(手寫的)___2___. Immediately my mind traveled ___3___ many years.

I was nine years old， walking down the cold， wet streets of Springfield， with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. On my ___4___ that day， I came to that Company finally， whose owner， Mr Rader， had always taken me there to ask his workers ___5___ they wanted any magazines．

Shaking off the ___6___ like a wet dog， I entered Mr Rader’s office. After a quick glance he ___7___ me over to the fire-place. Noticing the ___8___ in the top of my ___9___， he said， “Come with me!”， pulling me into his pickup ___10___. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside， a salesman ___11___ me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ___12___ seen. I ___13___ about 10 feet tall when I got up ___14___ them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too，” Mr Rader said.

Back in his office， Mr Rader took out a ___15___， wrote something on it， and handed it to me. With ___16___ eyes， I read，“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地)， “Jimmy， I want you to ___17___ I love you.”

I said good-bye， and for the first time I ___18___ a flicker of hope that somehow things would be ___19___. With people like Mr Rader in the world， there was hope， kindness and love， and that would always make a ___20___.

1. A. readB. thoughtC. turnedD. passed

2. A. addressB. listC. messageD. information

3. A. forwardB. soC. aheadD. back

4. A. returnB. roundsC. tripD. arrival

5. A. if onlyB. howC. whetherD. why

6. A. dustB. sweatC. tailD. rain

7. A. ledB. followedC. watchedD. carried

8. A. holeB. mudC. waterD. cover

9. A. magazineB. shoeC. sockD. bag

10. A. truckB. factoryC. homeD. store

11. A. dressedB. fittedC. showedD. comforted

12. A. everB. alreadyC. neverD. hardly

13. A. appearedB. seemedC. lookedD. felt

14. A. forB. withC. onD. in

15. A. penB. paperC. cardD. notebook

16. A. tearfulB. unbelievableC. curiousD. puzzled

17. A. admitB. knowC. considerD. express

18. A. sensedB. receivedC. lostD. gained

19. A. mistakenB. rightC. all rightD. possible

20. dealB. fortuneC. choiceD. difference

（二）

A strange woman comes to my door one day in early March. It’s a rich area so we often have people selling things ___1___—dusters， make-up， frozen foods—but she doesn’t look like ___2___ saleswoman. She hasn’t got the patter (喋喋不休) either. She ___3___ smiles shyly and puts a card in my hand: “Amy Turner. Pet Portraits Undertaken.”

I ___4___ my fingernail along the cheap gold edge of the card and look at her， waiting for ___5___.

“I’ll paint any animal in the ___6___ of your own home，” Amy Turner says. “Wouldn’t you like a nice picture of your loved one? I’ve had ___7___ of dogs， cats， parrots， prize bulls…”

“Prize bulls!” I can’t ___8___ looking up and down our street. The ___9___ of any of my neighbours ___10___ bulls in their back gardens makes me smile.

“I don’t have any animals，” I say as we look past each other. She must be ___11___ some little cat or dog would come running down the hall to give the game away ___12___ it is the first chance I’ve had to ___13___ the air outside. It is one of those spring mornings when you wake up and find winter’s gone. Even the camellia in the garden ___14___ has flowered over-night， pink blossoms which look shocking ___15___ the quiet greens and greys.

“Why are you still in your dressing gown?” Amy says， turning her ___16___ back to me. “It’s nearly lunchtime. Are you ill?”

“I’m fine，” I ___17___. I’m not going to tell a stranger I’ve just been sick in the toilet upstairs and would still be ___18___ my fingers down my throat if the doorbell hadn’t rung. But now I’m not sure what to do next. Amy is still standing there. She doesn’t seem to think that not having a pet is a good enough ___19___.

“I’m starving，” she says and I smile politely， nodding the ___20___ you do before you say goodbye.

1. A. side-by-sideB. little-by-littleC. back-and-forthD. door-to-door

2. A. an ordinaryB. a professionalC. a greenD. a serious

3. A. evenB. everC. justD. simple

4. A. putB. touchC. placeD. run

5. A. an excuseB. a dealC. an explanationD. an opinion

6. A. interestB. comfortC. hopeD. honour

7. A. experienceB. picturesC. feelingD. sense

8. A. avoidB. enjoyC. helpD. appreciate

9. A. ideaB. thoughtC. sightD. touch

10. A. keepingB. sellingC. buyingD. training

11. A. wishingB. thinkingC. meaningD. supposing

12. A. whenB. andC. asD. but

13. A. smellB. breatheC. feelD. take

14. A. besidesB. nearC. oppositeD. farther

15. A. atB. withC. forD. against

16. A. mindB. eyeC. attentionD. heart

17. A. refuseB. agreeC. tellD. lie

18. A. stickingB. liftingC. leavingD. closing

19. A. causeB. resultC. excuseD. fault

20. A. directionB. wayC. headD. work

（三）

I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended， but I can still remember something about the ___1___ celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not ___2___ much from the war where， though， like most children of my age， I often saw ___3___ houses in the streets and the very big ___4___ lorries passing through. But both at home and at school I had become ___5___ to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”， obviously， ___6___ had been better， though I was too young to understand why， ___7___ there had been no bombs then， and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas， which I had ___8___ heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London， but this meant very ___9___ to me. I did not remember what London was like.

What I remember now ___10___ V-Day was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting ___11___ and building an enormous bonfire. We stood and watched them for a time， and then I went home and ___12___ myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.

It was May and still broad ___13___ when my mother arrived， and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to ___14___ the bonfire， so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very ___15___， and somehow people had collected some old clothes to ___16___“Hitler” with the moustache they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived， they set light to it. The flames ___17___ soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.

I stood beside my father until the ___18___ started to go down， not knowing what to say. He said nothing， either. He had ___19___ in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said， “Well， that’s it， son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the ___20___ one.”

1. A. warB. victoryC. ChristmasD. birthday

2. A. sufferedB. learntC. heardD. read

3. A. crowdedB. rebuiltC. bombedD. enlarged

4. A. modernB. oldC. railwayD. army

5. A. usedB. devotedC. engagedD. related

6. A. foodB. thingsC. housesD. news

7. A. except thatB. now thatC. for fear thatD. in order that

8. A. neverB. hardlyC. onlyD. already

9. A. muchB .littleC. greatD. important

10. A. aboutB. onC. forD. during

11. A. moneyB. woodC. informationD. clothes

12. A. showedB. allowedC. letD. called

13. A. earlyB. daylightC. darkD. warm

14. A. seeB. lightC. findD. put out

15. A. highB. hotC. dangerousD. far

16. A. drawB. paintC. writeD. dress

17. A. disappearedB. happenedC. roseD. came

18. A. sunB. moonC. fireD. noise

19. A. foughtB. workedC. grownD. changed

20. A. bestB. worstC. firstD. last

完形填空答案

（一）1~5 CCDBC6~10 DAABA11~15 BADDC16~20 ABACD

（二）1~5 DBCDC6~10 BABA11~15 ABACD16~20 CDACB

（三）1~5 BACDA6~10 BACBA11~15 BCBAA16~20 DCCAD

初三模擬試題答案

1.B 2.A3.B4.B5.C6.A7.B8.C9.C10.A11.C12.A 13.C 14.B 15.C 16.C 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.C

21.B 22.C 23.A 24.B 25.A 26.A 27.C 28.B 29.C 30.D

31.A 32.C 33.A 34.A 35.B 36.B 37.D 38.B 39.A 40.D

41.B 42.A 43.A 44.C 45.D 46.C 47.D 48.B 49.A 50.C

51.B 52.C 53.D 54.D 55.A 56.D 57.C 58.C 59.A 60.B

61.D62.C 63.C 64.C 65.B

66.F 67.under the sea

68.Because there won’t be any soil.

69.Computers and robots.

70.人們將有更多的時間來從事（做）自己喜歡的事情，例如各種運動。

71.taller 72.gets73.farmers74.turn off75.are busy cleaning